Love Seat Look-A-Like

I saw this love seat about a week ago at an antique store for only $220. Pottery Barn has this same love seat (charleston, see above) for around $1300. I actually like the one I bought a lot more with the smaller arms. I decided I had to have it because it is basically brand new and it will look great with a linen slipcover. The fabric it has now is a damask that I hate. Hah, look at the items surrounding the couch, terrible. I also want to replace the old pillows with down and use only three.

After I scraped the ceiling, I primed the walls and trim white. The next step was to take down the shelf that was too high above the dryer. It was such a pain to lift a heavy detergent container up and down from there. I was torn on what color to paint the room because the kitchen connected it Farrow & Ball , ball green. The walls and cabinets are the full formula and the trim and ceiling is half formula. The rest of the house is a grey by Benjamen Moore, Rodeo.

White was very appealing at first but I think I am growing out of the all white phase. Don't get me wrong I love my all white bathroom and white denim slipcovers but that's where I am drawing the line. I need to play with color. I mean I have a BFA in Art History and Painting, why play it safe?

I choose Palladian Blue 1/2 formula for the walls. My bedroom growing up was the same color and I adore this color. It is the perfect aqua, celedon combo. The room also faces the west so the afternoons get hot in there. The cool color is a perfect balance especially if you are ironing while the dryer is running.

After I painted the ceiling classic Benjamen Moore white, I painted the walls. Then I moved the desk I bought from Crate & Barrel into the room to leave bills and other things when we come inside. I put up some paintings I did this past semester and a couple mardi gras pics of Bo and his friends. The opposite wall now has a book shelf I filled with wine glasses.

This is the after of the Home Depot shelves I installed. (below)



This is another view of the pantry doors that I stained, Pecan.

Laundry Room Before & After

These are some before and after pics of the laundry room I just repainted. It is my boyfriend, Bo's house. The style is a 70s ranch and I have been working on giving the house a cottage/bayhouse feel for the past 3 years. Bo grew up in this house and bought it from his parents about 4 years ago. I can't wait to show everyone the changes I made. Back to the laundry room... While Bo was fishing in Canada a couple weeks ago I worked on this room every night after work to suprise him. This was one of the last projects I wanted to tackle. You can see the original, short, dark stained baseboards, and horrible corner shelf. Notice, the popcorn ceiling I scraped first.

Tallulah

The four legged friend in the pink, is my new dog, Tallulah. Addy her friend in the front, gave her the senorita dress from her momma's trip to Mexico last week. She may not win a beauty contest but she could win a cute one. I rescued Tallulah, from a family who kept her in a kennel all day long and all night long. It's great because she can come to work with me and play with her other Brussel's Griffon family members, Addy and Cleo (pictured in the yellow). Cleo, as you can tell hates dressing up. The movie "As Good As It Gets", with Jack Nicholson had a Brussels Griffon as a main part.